The Battles Before The Battle Between The States
The Battles Before The Battle Between The StatesWarning: THE COMMENTARY IN THE FOLLOWING IS THE SOLE PRODUCT OF THE AUTHOR, AND MAY CONTAIN SOME BIAS DUE TO THE BIAS CONTENT OF THE AUTHOR'S SOURCE OF INFORMATION, In 1861 the United States declared war on the seceded Confederate States of America. This war is more popularly known as the Civil War or the War Between the States. The war was a conflict that was inevitable because of the progression of dislike between the slave holding states and the free ones. The war had to happen because of the many disagreements that caused tension between the slave holding South and the free states in the North. There are many things that one party did to upset the other. One of the first notable things that started the disagreement between the North and the South was the idea of "Popular Sovereignty." "Popular Sovereignty" was an idea created by Senator Lewis Cass, who said that the Missouri Compromise was out dated and that the citizens of a territory should "regulate their own internal concerns." (p. 459) Many Southern citizens liked the idea of "Popular Sovereign
One problem was that people were turning in free blacks for the ten-dollar reward and the authorities would sell the free blacks as slaves. 469) Uncle Tom's Cabin was an eye opener to many people; it introduced them to the brutality of slavery. 460) One of the main reasons that the Free-Soil party was created was to give voters a new party to choose from, rather than the two other main parties. War broke out between the United States and the Confederate States of America over the moral issue of slavery. What did happen however, was John Brown and his men seized the arsenal and a few hostages. In the 1848 election the Free-Soil party upset a small, but significant part of the vote, receiving 10. In the end, Dred Scott's master did grant him his freedom. Many Antislavery activists were not happy with their surroundings and they wanted others to hear and read about it, so many Antislavery items were published. To this Point in time there was mostly peaceful argument between the states, with no violence, but that was soon to change. On December 20, 1860 the convention unanimously voted to secede from the union and ratify the confederate constitution. One of the greatest debates of the time, the Great Compromise, brought forth eight resolutions that solved all the issues. The seventh claim in the compromise of 1850 was one that was much argued by the North, because of its unfairness, and the South because of it not being enforced. This debate by the great trio, resulted in both the North and the South being agreeable to it's out-come.
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